Zhang Yuan, Punnett Laura, Nannini Angela
1 University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Workplace Health Saf. 2017 Jul;65(7):295-303. doi: 10.1177/2165079916665397. Epub 2016 Oct 28.
Work-family conflict is challenging for workers and may lead to depression, anxiety, and overall poor health. Sleep plays an important role in the maintenance of mental health; however, the role of sleep in the association between work-family conflict and mental health is not well-studied. Questionnaires were collected from 650 nursing assistants in 15 nursing homes. Multivariate linear regression modeling demonstrated that increased work-family conflict was associated with lower mental health scores (β = -2.56, p < .01). More work-family conflict was correlated with more job demands, less job control, less social support, and longer work hours. Poor sleep quality, but not short sleep duration, mediated the association between work-family conflict and mental health. Workplace interventions to improve nursing assistants' mental health should increase their control over work schedules and responsibilities, provide support to meet their work and family needs, and address healthy sleep practices.
工作与家庭的冲突对员工来说具有挑战性，可能会导致抑郁、焦虑和整体健康状况不佳。睡眠在维持心理健康方面起着重要作用；然而，睡眠在工作与家庭冲突和心理健康之间的关联中所起的作用尚未得到充分研究。我们从15家养老院的650名护理助理那里收集了调查问卷。多元线性回归模型表明，工作与家庭冲突的加剧与较低的心理健康得分相关（β = -2.56，p <.01）。更多的工作与家庭冲突与更多的工作要求、更少的工作控制权、更少的社会支持以及更长的工作时间相关。睡眠质量差而非睡眠时间短，介导了工作与家庭冲突和心理健康之间的关联。改善护理助理心理健康的工作场所干预措施应增强他们对工作时间表和职责的掌控，提供支持以满足他们的工作和家庭需求，并关注健康的睡眠习惯。
